Garment hanger



S. W. WILLEY July 39, 1935.

GARMENT HANGER 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed Jan. 22, 1935 Inventor anaey/[Wiiay By QM Attorney Juiy 30, 1935.

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S. W. WILLEY GARMENT HANGER Fi led Jan. 22, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 2Patented July 30, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention appertains to new and useful improvements in garmenthangers.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a garment hangerwhich will permit garments, especially ladies dresses to be hung withoutthe likelihood of the same easily slipping off.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a coat hangerwhich can be easily stamped from sheet metal and constructed at lowcost.

These and various other important objects and advantages of theinvention will become apparent to the reader of the followingspecification.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 represents a side elevational view of the hanger.

Figure 2 represents a sectional View taken substantially on the line 2-2of Figure 1.

Figure 3 represents an end elevational view of the hanger.

Figure 4 represents a plan View of the upper section of the hangerbefore it has been completely formed and attached to the lower section.

Figure 5 represents a fragmentary plan View of the upper sectionimmediately after it has been stamped.

Figure 6 represents a sectional view taken substantially on line 6-6 ofFigure 1.

Referring to the drawings wherein like numerals designate like parts, itcan be seen that in Figure 5 the upper section 6 is provided with a pairof struck out tongues having their free ends disposed in oppositedirections. The intermediate portion of this strip 6 is provided with anopening 8 for receiving the shank 9 of the hook ID. The strip 6 isformed with a laterally disposed'plate H adjacent the free end portionof each of the tongues l and in completing the hanger, these plates Hare bent inwardly under the strip 6 so as to underlie the tongues I insubstantially the manner as shown in Figure 6. A corrugated rubber coveris placed around the end of each of the tongues 1, this resilient plateor pad 5 is denoted by numeral l2 and is intended to prevent theslipping off of articles which are placed over the tongues 1. It will beobserved that each of the tongues 1 is bulged as at l3 to increase itstension.

The lower section of the hanger is denoted by numeral l4 and isconstructed in a similar manner by having the plates Iii-I5 bent underthe free end portion of the struck out tongues i6 which are covered withcorrugated resilient pads 6 ll. These tongues I6 have bulges I 8 thereinto increase the tension thereof. One end of the lower section I4 ishingedly connected as at IE to one end of the upper section 6. The otherend 0f the lower section I 4 is formed with a semi- 10 cylindricalformation 20 for'receivin'g the rolled inturned end portion 2i of theopposite end of the upper section 6. In other words there is sufficientspring tension in the semi-cylindrical formation 20 to receive by springsnap action the 15 rolled end portion 2| of the section 6.

Ladies skirts can be placed over the section l4 and to make the use ofthe device more convenient, the section 14 may be swung downwardly sothat the section can be inserted through 20 the garment in any mannerdesired.

The tongues and l 6 can be lifted and snapped over ladies garmentsupporting straps in fact any pieces of garment, or when the garment isplaced over the tongues it is substantially prevented 5 from slippingoff of the rubber pads l1.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specificterms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, size,materials may be resorted to without departing from 30 the spirit orscope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having described the claimed is:

In a garment hanger, a shoulder conforming 35 member, a clamp device oneach shoulder portion of the said member, each of the said devicesconsisting in providing the shoulder conforming member with a lateralplate-like portion bent downwardly and under the corresponding shoul- 40der portion of the member to provide a seat, and a clamp member struckfrom the shoulder portion proper, said shoulder conforming member beingof spring material, said clamp members being adapted to clamp a garmentbetween itself and the said seat.

invention, what is STACEY W. WILLEY.

